Luang Ta Ma Wiriyatharo

Luang Ta Ma Wiriyatharo

Once Luang Ta went to one of his branches and bowed down before Luang Pu. But there was a small dog running after some other dogs. Luang Ta turned around to pat the dog on the head and asked, “This here, is it a temple dog? Why is it so small.”

The disciples replied him that it was a chihuahua. Luang Ta asked if this dog was expensive, and the luksits answered that it cost many thousands. 

Luang Ta then commented, “This dog is a temple dog. No matter what breed of dog it is, whether is a local dog or a pedigree dog, when they come to the temple, they become temple dogs.”

“It is the same as people. No matter rich or poor, well-educated or not, when they come to the temple to practice, they are all equal. Human beings tend to judge people externally in society. But the temple should be a fair place. 

Merit is about fairness because boon is born at the heart. A price tag cannot be put on it.”

When Luang Ta bowed down to prostrate to Luang Pu Doo’s statue, the little chihuahua just sat there and stared at Luang Ta with sparkling eyes. Luang Ta turned around, smiled and mentioned,

“These dogs still have merit. As long as the dogs are at the temple, they are listening to the Jakkapat and recording merit every day. Therefore this dog here isn’t an ordinary dog, it is a Jakkapat dog.”

Luang Ta Ma Wiriyatharo

Wat Tham Muang Na, Chiang Mai

24 July 2923